le ulhan Posted 8 July , 2022 Share Posted 8 July , 2022 (edited) Soldats canadiens sur la place de Mons le 11 novembre 1918 Edited 8 July , 2022 by le ulhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 8 July , 2022 Share Posted 8 July , 2022 2 hours ago, le ulhan said: Soldats canadiens sur la place de Mons le 11 novembre 1918 Soldats anglais sur la place de Mons le 22 aout 1914 Troupes de la Compagnie A, 4e Bataillon, Royal Fusiliers (7e Brigade, 3e Division) reposant sur la Grand Place, Mons. Le lendemain, le bataillon a remporté deux Victoria Cross (le lieutenant Maurice Dease et le soldat Sidney Godley) sur le pont-canal de Nimy, à trois kilomètres au nord de Mons. (Merci, Google translate) https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205091163 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 9 July , 2022 Share Posted 9 July , 2022 Base du beffroi après le bombardement de novembre 1914 (thank you, G**gle Translate). © IWM Q 57288 Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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le ulhan Posted 9 July , 2022 Author Share Posted 9 July , 2022 Are you sure it's the Belfry of Mons!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le ulhan Posted 9 July , 2022 Author Share Posted 9 July , 2022 Le phare de la ville — Beffroi Mons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 9 July , 2022 Share Posted 9 July , 2022 4 hours ago, le ulhan said: Are you sure it's the Belfry of Mons!! 'The Cloth Hall, Ypres. Base of the belfry after bombardment November 1914.' Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 9 July , 2022 Admin Share Posted 9 July , 2022 I always thought the photo showed men of the Royal Fusilers at Mons on 22/08/14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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le ulhan Posted 9 July , 2022 Author Share Posted 9 July , 2022 I think the caption of the photo is not correct, none is still wearing a helmet, if you look closely it is not a Canadian cap-badge on the soldier's cap, a date error, I think has a regiment!! at rest in 1914. I know very well Mr. Yves Bourdon historian of the Great War, he can tell us about this photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 9 July , 2022 Admin Share Posted 9 July , 2022 as I said.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 9 July , 2022 Share Posted 9 July , 2022 8 minutes ago, le ulhan said: I think the caption of the photo is not correct, none is still wearing a helmet Where has that caption come from? This is quite a well known picture. I used google translate for the caption on the copy in the UK Imperial War Museum in my original response. "Troops of the A Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (7th Brigade, 3rd Division) resting in the Grand Place, Mons. On the following day the Battalion won two Victoria Crosses (Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Private Sidney Godley) on the canal bridge at Nimy, two miles north of Mons." Dease and Godley won their Victoria Crosses on the 23rd August 1914, so that would date the picture to the 22nd. None of those pictured would be wearing a helmet as these weren't introduced until 1916. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le ulhan Posted 9 July , 2022 Author Share Posted 9 July , 2022 Thanks, I think like you too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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